We now have proof that Robert Lewellyn who purchased land in Taney County, Missouri in
1850 is OUR John Robert Lewallen!

In Gregory A. Boyd's book,

'Family Maps of Taney County, Missouri', we have located the land of our Robert Lewellyn
(Lewallen) located as described by John Mitchell in his book 'Tales of Bull Creek Country' and as pictured in the photo
drawing that follows below!

This is an important find, as it tells us our John Robert Lewallen did not die in 1848 as most websites
and ancestry.com finds as well as rootsweb finds tell us he did!

Our John Robert and his son William 'Bill' had to have died during the early 1850's!

Location of Lewallen Homestead

Located Both Sides of Where Hgw F Crosses Bull Creek

This is said to have been 160 Acres. But studying the land grants/patent of one Robert
Lewellyn, there were only three 40 acre patents; this would make a total of 120 acres; unless another was bought later;
one of the four listed was on the same day another was written.

It is located

2 km SSW of Walnut Shade

8.3 km N of Branson

8.5 km WNW of Forsyth

10.7 km N of Hollister

John Mitchell writes:

On the long and hazardous journey from Tennessee the Lewallen family must have left the main party in Arkansas,
but they did not tarry long in that state. Jesse, the second son, (we believe John Mitchell to have been incorrect
as there is an unaccounted for oldest son named William 'Bill', and son Matthew John was older than Jesse V. on the
census forms) was born in Tennessee in 1841, Sarah was born in Arkansas in 1842, and George the next year
in Missouri. In October of 1868, Wiett Bilyeu, whose first wife, Jane Lewallen had deceased, (this
would be our Mary Jane) filed petition in Christian County to sell the land in Taney County to which his two minor
daughters held one-eigth interest. The land was described as 160 acres, undivided, and located on Bull Creek just south
of where Highway "F" now crosses the stream. It is interesting to note the one-eighth interest. There were ten
Lewallen children, so the shares would have been one-tenth unless two of the children had died without heirs.

NOTE: Unless I am missing something here, Bilyeu's daughters would hold no legal interest in this
land; only Hannah's children would have the right to that claim, unless Bilyeu adopted the two youngest children of Hannah???

(We believe there were 11 Lewallen children and that three had died: C. Luallen,
William 'Bill' Lewallen, and James Ross Lewallen. This would leave 8 as mentioned above.)

(Note: We feel that these three children would have been the three we have no further info/data
about. These would have been James Ross Lewallen born 1846, believed to have been been killed while taking a load of
supplies to the Union Army;

C. Lewallen of whom we have no furthur record of other than the entries on the 1850 & 1860 Census
Listings;

and the oldest son William 'Bill' who was reported to have died with his father.)

As noted above the Lewallen homestead lay along and both sides of Bull Creek a short distance above where
that stream flows into White River. It is directly on the route of the old Arkansas frieght road above Harrison, Arkansas
to Springfield, Missouri.

Now we are left to ask why Wiett Bilyeu took so long to file the petition to sell the land.
Both his wife and mother-in-law had died in 1860/61. 1868 was a good 7 - 8 years after Hannah's death.

Lewallen Cemetery, Branson, Mo Just Left

Turkey Creek On Right Flows down into Arkansas

Turkey Creek runs from Branson down to and into Arkansas.

Lewallen Cemetery is marker 'C'

The mouth of Turkey Creek is marker 'D'

John Mitchell writes:

John Lewallen (Note: this is Matthew John Lewallen) born in 1839, was the first son of Hannah.
(We believe this is incorrect as we believe the oldest son was one William Lewallen known as 'Bill'. This is the
son said to have died with his father while away during the Gold rush.) He (Matthew John) was still in
Taney County in 1861 and on the 28th of May enlisted in Galloway's Company of Home Guards. On 25 October he enlisted
in the 24th Regiment, Missouri Infantry and was assigned to Company D. He was discharged 11 July 1862 for disability.
About 1864, (Matthew John) John married Martha Bilyeu, daughter of John Witten Bilyeu.

Some time after John and Martha returned to Taney County from Dade County they bought the old Fortner place
on Turkey Creek where the town of Hollister now stands.

Our John Robert Lewallen disappears from the family with his son William ('Bill') sometime after December
1850. Family stories say that it was about the year of 1848 and that John Robert was abt 48 years of age.

We now have proof it was after December 1850!

We are reminded here that many people did not use their proper given names; choosing instead, to go
by middle names or nicknames. We know this from the first-hand experience we have been subjected to when searching for
our John Neil MacLean ancestor! He is a great example of this behavior; using his middle name throughout his life we
have been unable to locate him in any families on the Isle of Coll!

Taking the above into serious consideration,

We have located the following Land Patents inTaney County, Missoouri and have concluded they are of our
John robert Lewallen! He spelled his named on the documents for these land parcels as Robert Lewellyn.

We have included finds in Jasper Co., Mo. as well; and others in Missouri & KY.

Please Note: We have searched the complete data base for the Federal Census and find NO Robert Lewellyn!